Jürgen Fanghänel

Name: Jurgen Fanghanel
Hometown: Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany
Birthplace: Limbach-Oberfrohna, Sachsen, Germany
Amateur Boxer: Record

Jürgen Fanghänel (born August 1, 1951) is a retired boxer, who won the bronze medal for East Germany in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semi finals by Piotr Zaev of the Soviet Union. Two years earlier he also captured the bronze medal, at the second World Championships in Belgrade. In 1982 he ended up second at the World Championships in Munich, West Germany.

Olympic results

1972

• Defeated Atanas Suvandzhiev (Bulgaria) KO 1
• Lost to Ion Alexe (Romania) 0-5

1976

• Lost to Viktor Ivanov (Soviet Union) 2-3

1980

• Defeated Luis Castillo (Ecuador) 4-1
• Defeated Petar Stoimenov (Bulgaria) RSC 2
• Lost to Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) 0-5